by faster | Feb 26, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: Washington Post DATE: Feb 26, 2021 SNIP: A large iceberg about 20 times the size of Manhattan broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf in the Weddell Sea section of Antarctica during the past day, following the buildup of a large crack in the floating ice during the past...
by faster | Aug 6, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Reuters DATE: August 6, 2020 SNIP: The last fully intact ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic has collapsed, losing more than 40% of its area in just two days at the end of July, researchers said on Thursday. The Milne Ice Shelf is at the fringe of Ellesmere...
by faster | Mar 20, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Agence France Presse DATE: March 20, 2018 SNIP: More of a giant France-sized glacier in Antarctica is floating on the ocean than previously thought, scientists said Tuesday, raising fears it could melt faster as the climate warms and have a dramatic impact on...
by faster | Oct 25, 2017 | Blog
SOURCE: University of Cambridge Research and Washington Post DATE: October 25, 2017 SNIP: Thousands of marks on the Antarctic seafloor, caused by icebergs which broke free from glaciers more than ten thousand years ago, show how part of the Antarctic Ice Sheet...
by faster | Sep 30, 2016 | Blog
SOURCE: Climate Central DATE: September 30, 2016 AUTHOR: Andrea Thompson SNIP: As the sun reemerged over the Antarctic horizon in August after the long, dark austral winter, satellites could once again peer at a rift that has been wending its way across the white...
